Research 2000 released an 800 sample poll of “likely voters” on July 11th. The interviews were conducted from July 7th through July 10th. The margin of error is 3.5%. The poll was sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KMOV. tiny URL
…QUESTION: If the 2008 election for President were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Barack Obama, the Democrat, and John McCain, the Republican?
OBAMA – 48%
MCCAIN – 43%
UNDECIDED – 9%
…QUESTION: If the 2008 election for President were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Barack Obama, the Democrat, and John McCain, the Republican?
DEMOCRATS
OBAMA – 84%
MCCAIN – 9%
UNDECIDED – 7%
REPUBLICANS
OBAMA – 8%
MCCAIN – 81%
UNDECIDED – 11%
INDEPENDENTS
OBAMA – 47%
MCCAIN – 43%
UNDECIDED – 10%
MEN
OBAMA – 44%
MCCAIN – 49%
UNDECIDED – 7%
WOMEN
OBAMA – 52%
MCCAIN – 37%
UNDECIDED – 11%
Interesting. 11% of self identified republican “likely voters” are undecided. Nothing fails like failure. There appears to be a gender gap.